Methods and systems of performing multiple reactions in a high throughput format by utilizing interfacial mixing of adjacently positioned reagent slugs in a fluid conduit. Preferred applications of the methods and systems are in performing biochemical analyses, including genotyping experiments for multiple different loci on multiple different patient samples. Microfluidic systems are provided that increase throughput, automation and integration of the overall reactions to be carried out.
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4. A method of performing a plurality of reactions, comprising:
introducing a first volume of a first reagent into a fluid channel;
introducing a first volume of a second reagent into the first fluid channel, the first volume of the second reagent abutting the first volume of the first reagent;
introducing a first volume of a third reagent into the first fluid channel, the first volume of the third reagent abutting the first volume of the second reagent;
diffusing the first and second reagents to diffuse together to form a first reaction in the first fluid channel;
diffusing the second reagent and the third reagent together in the first fluid channel to form a second reaction mixture; and
separately detecting a first reaction product in the first reaction mixture and a second reaction product in the second reaction mixture.
1. A method of analyzing a plurality of reactions, comprising:
serially introducing plugs of first, second and third fluid borne reagents into a first fluid conduit under conditions suitable for performing the plurality of reactions whereby the plug of the first fluid borne reagent is abutted by the plug of the second fluid borne reagent at a first interface, and the plug of the second fluid borne reagent is abutted by the plug of the third fluid borne reagent at a second interface;
allowing sufficient time for diffusion of effective amounts of the first and second reagents across the first interface whereupon the first and second reagents mix and react in a first reaction;
allowing sufficient time for diffusion of effective amounts of the second and third reagents across the second interface, whereupon the second and third reagents react in a second reaction; and
analyzing results of the first and second reactions.
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introducing a second volume of the second reagent into the first fluid channel, the second volume abutting the first volume of the third reagent; and
introducing a first volume of a fourth reagent into the first fluid channel, the first volume of the fourth reagent abutting the second volume of the second reagent;
diffusing the fourth reagent and second reagent together to form a third reaction mixture; and
detecting a reaction product in the third reaction mixture.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/298,058, filed Jun. 13, 2001, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
Higher throughput experimentation is a consistent goal for high-technology industries that depend upon research and development for growth, e.g., pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical industries. In the case of biological and chemical research, microfluidic technology has attempted to address this need by miniaturizing, automating and multiplexing experiments so that more experiments can be carried out faster and in a less expensive fashion. However, even these advances have highlighted the need and/or desire for even higher throughput experimentation within these industries. In particular, as with every other type of fluid based experimentation, microfluidic technology is limited by the fact that analyzing a given reaction requires mixing the reagents together in isolation and analyzing the results. Typically, such analysis has required a separate reaction vessel into which the different reagents must be pipetted. Higher throughput has then been achieved by increasing the number of reaction vessels, e.g., through the use of multiwell plate formats, increasing the complexity of pipetting systems, or in some rare cases, by carrying out multiple reactions in a single mixture. As can be readily appreciated, when one wishes to perform a matrixed experiment, e.g., testing each of a first library of reagents against each of a second library of experiments, the number of different reactions can potentially be staggering.
One example of such a matrixed experiment that is of considerable interest is that involved in genotyping experiments, e.g., SNP genotyping. In particular, it has been hypothesized that there is a correlation between the genetic footprint of a patient, e.g., as represented by the pattern of different genetic markers, e.g., SNPs, and that patient's response to different pharmaceutical treatments, susceptibility to disease, etc. In order to identify such a pattern, a large number of different patients need to be genotyped as to a large number of different genetic marker loci, in order to identify such correlations, so that they can be later used as diagnostic or therapeutic aids.
Microfluidic systems have addressed the throughput need for analytical operations, including genetic analysis, by providing very small fluidic channels coupled to an external fluid sipping element, e.g., a sampling capillary, through which reagents are drawn into the fluidic channel, where different reactions are carried out (See commonly owned U.S. Pat. No. 5,942,443). By serially drawing different samples into flowing reagent streams, such systems are capable of analyzing large numbers of different reactions in a relatively short amount of time. Further, by providing multiple parallel sipping and channel systems, one can further increase the number of experiments that are carried out.
While these systems have proven highly effective, each channel network has typically only been used to perform a single assay against a battery of test compounds or reagents. For example, in a particular channel, a given enzyme or target system is screened against a large number of potential inhibitors or test compounds. In the case of a matrixed experiment, e.g., screening a large number of enzymes or targets against a large number of potential inhibitors or test compounds, this particular operation would amount to one column of the matrix. Different columns of the matrix would be performed by other channel systems that are either within the same body or device, or are alternatively, completely separate. For example, one channel may be used to screen compounds for an effect on one enzyme system, while another channel in the same device, would be used to screen those compounds for an effect on a different enzyme system.
By way of example, in previously described operations, a first reagent is resident within the microfluidic device and is continuously introduced into the channels of the device. A large number of different second reagents are then serially introduced into the channel system to be reacted with (or interrogated against) the first reagent. Other reaction channel networks in the same device then optionally include different first reagents to perform other columns of the matrix. However, complexities of fixed sampling element positioning in microfluidic devices make such experiments difficult to configure, as different channel systems would not visit all of the same external sample sources, e.g., certain channels would not be able to access all of the test sample wells in a multiwell plate.
The present invention addresses the needs of higher throughput, matrixed experimentation, while taking advantage of the benefits of microfluidic technology in miniaturization, integration and automation.
The present invention generally provides methods and systems that utilize interfacial mixing of adjacent fluid plugs within a fluid conduit to perform multiple different analytical reactions. In at least one aspect, the invention provides a method of analyzing a plurality of reactions. The method comprises serially introducing plugs of first, second and third fluid borne reagents into a first fluid conduit under conditions suitable for performing the plurality of reactions whereby the plug of the first fluid borne reagent is abutted by the plug of the second fluid borne reagent at a first interface, and the plug of the second fluid borne reagent is abutted by the plug of the third fluid borne reagent at a second interface. The reagents are allowed a sufficient time for diffusion of effective amounts of the first and second reagents across the first interface whereupon the first and second reagents mix and react in a first reaction mixture, as well as sufficient time for diffusion of effective amounts of the second and third reagents across the second interface, whereupon the second and third reagents react in a second reaction. The results of the first and second reactions are then analyzed.
The present invention provides methods of rapidly performing a large number of reactions on one or more different materials of interest in a single fluidic system, and with extremely small quantities of reagents. The methods of the invention are particularly suited to performing matrixed experiments, e.g., experiments that are performed using a range of first reactants separately reacted with each of a range of second reactants. In particular, the present invention takes advantage of interfacial diffusion/dispersion in reagent plugs that are serially introduced into a fluid conduit to process, in series, different columns of the matrixed reaction. This is illustrated in
As shown in
In the conduit, each of the different reagent plugs then diffuses and/or disperses into the adjoining reagent slugs. In each of these resulting reaction mixtures, the reactions of interest are carried out, and the results are determined/measured and recorded as the material moves through the conduit past a detection point. As can be seen, a simple organization of reagent plugs dictates the reactions that occur. As is also apparent from
The specific interfacial interactions are schematically illustrated in
The methods of the present invention are particularly useful in performing genotyping reactions on a relatively large number of patients with respect to a relatively large number of different genetic loci. By way of example, the first library of reagents consists of “patient specific” reagents, e.g., the genomic DNA from a number of different patients who are to be genotyped. The second library of reagents then consists of the “locus-specific” reagents, e.g., amplification primers for the subsequence that contains the particular locus of interest, as well as any other reagents specific to and necessary for discriminating the nature of the polymorphism at the locus, e.g., locus specific probes, i.e., nucleic acid or analog probes. Other reagents that are generic to the whole process are then included as part of one of the reagent libraries or are included in the system buffers, e.g., as part of each different library reagent plug, or are separately and continuously flowed into the conduit along with all of the different library reagents.
In the genotyping example, and with reference to
Although described in terms of using discrimination reagents, e.g., nucleic acid probes that are specific for one variant or the other at a given locus, e.g., Molecular beacons or other signal generating probes, i.e., TaqMan probes, in certain preferred aspects, the discrimination is carried out by virtue of the use of an allele specific primer sequence used during amplification. A variety of different discrimination techniques are generally described in U.S. Patent Application No. 60/283,527, filed Apr. 12, 2001, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes. Specifically, one of the primers is made to be sufficiently complementary to one variant of the polymorphic position in the template sequence, whereby the presence of the other variant will prevent hybridization and, consequently, amplification. In such case, no additional discrimination reagents are required, and detection is carried out by detecting whether amplification has occurred in the first instance. Such allele specific amplification is well known and is described in e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,525,494, 5,866,366, 6,090,552, and 6,117,635.
The interfacial mixing method allows all, or virtually all, of the reaction steps involved in performing the particular experiment, e.g., SNP genotyping, to be carried out in a single conduit for a large number of different patients and different loci. In particular, reagent mixing, amplification, discrimination and detection can all be carried out in this conduit while also including a built-in separation between the various experiments by virtue of the slugs of different reagents through which the other reagents have not completely diffused and/or dispersed. Stated in an alternative manner, one can screen an entire battery of reagents, e.g. locus specific reagents in a first reagent train where each of the locus specific reagent slugs is bounded by one patient specific reagent plug. The same battery can then be screened against another patient's DNA, by substituting a second patient specific reagent plug as the spacing reagent between the locus specific reagents.
The interfacial mixing methods of the present invention were demonstrated using two reagent slugs repeatedly and alternately introduced into a capillary channel. One of the reagent slugs included primers designed for amplification of a specific region of a template nucleic acid, a DNA polymerase, the four naturally occurring dNTPs, and a TaqMan probe that gave increasing fluorescence upon amplification of the specific region of the template. The other fluid contained the template nucleic acid. The contents of the capillary were subjected to thermal cycling through a temperature profile that supported melting of the template, annealing of the primers to the template and extension of those primers along the template.
Although the present invention has been described in some detail by way of illustration and example for purposes of clarity and understanding, it will be apparent that certain changes and modifications may be practiced within the scope of the appended claims. All publications and patent applications referenced herein are hereby incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.
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